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near the Yerevan State University, Kentron district: Suren Stepanyan Hayk Asatryan 1939-1941 Sasuntsi Davit: Sasuntsi Davit Square, same artist and location as current Sasuntsi Davit statue which was demolished when sculptor Kochar was arrested by the Soviets, then he was commissioned to place a new one after he was "rehabilitated". Yervand Kochar
The Mother Armenia monument is a monumental statue in Victory Park overlooking the capital city of Yerevan. Its construction started in 1950 alongside a statue of Joseph Stalin . After the death of the latter, his statue was removed and replaced in 1967 by the Mother Armenia monument.
In spring 1962, the statue of Stalin was removed, with one soldier being killed and many injured during the process, and in 1967, the statue of Mother Armenia, designed by Ara Harutyunyan, was installed in its place. [1] The prototype of "Mother Armenia" was a 17-year-old girl Genya Muradian.
The name of the neighborhood originates from the towering monument inside of Victory Park, which can be seen throughout large parts of Yerevan. [1] The original monument at this site was a 17 meter tall Stalin, unveiled in 1950, [1] which was replaced with a statue of Mother Armenia in 1967, which is still Yerevan's tallest monument. [2]
In four corners of the fountain which has the form of the map of Yerevan there are four bronze statues of children (“Imagination”, “Caring”, “Chastity”, “Happiness”), as well as there is a statue of a child with a boat (“Childhood”) on the site symbolizing the Yerevan lake. The statues represent the images of children of ...
Ara Sargsyan's plaque on Isahakyan street, Yerevan. Ara Sargsyan (Armenian: Արա Միհրանի Սարգսյան; 7 April 1902 – 13 June 1969) was an Armenian sculptor, engraver, scenographer and pedagogue.
The Mother Armenia (Armenian: Մայր Հայաստան Mayr Hayastan) monumental statue is a female personification of Armenia, located in the city of Gyumri. It resembles the monumental complex of Mother Armenia in the capital Yerevan. It was erected in 1975 on a hill west of Gyumri city.
The Men (Armenian: Տղամարդիկ) is a public artwork in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.Created by Armenian sculptor Davit Minasyan in 2007, it commemorates Edmond Keosayan's 1972 film of the same name, and comprises four statues, depicting the film's stars, the actors Mher Mkrtchyan, Avetik Gevorkyan, Armen Ayvazyan, and Azat Sherents.